The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-25

chicken another brought . isr IL
choicc fruit another : whole bush
81 Of apples. smother . loaf % cake;
and when Marcia undressed Sammy
that first night she found. hidden away
among his clothing. : little melted
purse containing ten dollars. She felt
sure ome one had dropped Il. and said
sorrowfully that they would have 70
60 back next day and find the owner.
But . second search revealed : bit a
paper. on which was written : few
words saying that the money was s'the
gift Of friends" to s'the bravest and
best little girl they over knew"
Il wonder who they meanf" queried
Marcia, simply. SAMMY isn't : little
..whyl Don't you know ?" asked
zebby. ''They mean you."
ssMer'
Marcia was amazed.
Yes; and they know what they're
talking about said Zebby. stoutly.
Marcia had to cry a little over this.
even If Zebby did see her.
What . hard journey that was for
those poor little DiIlsi They had no
trouble in finding their way, for Marcia
would ask in every town. But IL was
so hot and so dusty that summer. and
old Bally did drag along o slowly.
He looks SO tired and feeble l can't
bear to have you whip him up" Marcia
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LITTLE S.mmv cried much .s..~ 49,
a., Az .rd somot;mas ~ .ra.,,a 49,.
h;s I;tsie .rms ort - ~ hsor - H.
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r;..J ,h.t Msrrs could ~, .ra
c.rrr;rg S.mu~ 49,. ~arr ~ .nd 49,
Thev would c.mr ,ndsr no tr.os :,
p;cbt- ana .Iwavs r.ar hans. 10 49,
s;hla IT.. c.on,a .lor~ ~ ,o.a r..a
always xerv L;nd wh., ,har fo,,n5 th.t
the children were trav.I;ng Lone
Wom.n Co. ..aaa $500 s.,a- IN
down wide Green lanes - where rho
LITTLE old cart Mas ~ ou;et sunmar
EVENINGS Tbev .l,x,r 100 ,-hs,
zebbv called -. orea, fuss- over
sammy and some,;mes tbere wo,,d ~
tears IN the l;ttIe fellows .h..ts .ftor
the women had kissed him rood-bve-
tears thar Ala not came f,x,m sammy
bio blue exas
II Wa late in Auoust when The l;ttle
Dills found tha,aseixas - 49, !, tho
dreary Kansas ,,lains. 4 weary. VICE.
bcgone LOT az little wax-farers they
were Nv tb;s time n would have
made vour heart ache ~ have seen
them.
Sammy b,d grown "a thin .na ,.lo
The bloom and the plumpness had zone
from his cheek. and he cried so much.
Katie was pale and thin too. and often
impatient. Zebby had never been
strong, and Marcia could see that II
was only through effort that he was
able to sit on the wagon-seat and hold
the lines She could see how he some
times laid his head YEARLY arainsf the
wagon-covcr bow, and he did look so
sick and thin some DAYS.
Poor old Bally looked ready to drop
in his tracks at any moment. and some
days Marcia would turn the old fellow
out on the parched. brown grass for
half . day, while she and the other
children sat in the little shade made by
the wagon. for they were now in a fiat
and t~recless land.
Sometimes they would drive twenty
miles without meeting any one. and the
nearest houses were miles distant, for
il was many ear ago that these Door
little bills made this long. hard Jour
ney.
They were a long distance from any
house one burning dav dur;no the last
week IN August POOR SAMMY had
been sick All dav. and had cried fechlv
most az the time Old Tohe had lain